Opinion

November 14, 2003

Purple Hot Line

By Staff

Being purple must suck. As valid as the other five-sixths of the spectrum, it gets the regularly shaft nontheless. Being split into indigo and violet, for example - totally lame.

November 13, 2003

Take a Bite Out of It

By Staff

Our best hoops player went down with an injury - damn our luck. Just another blow for the athletics department, who, due to some organizational error, have forgotten to schedule games for the football team for over a dec...

November 13, 2003

Forget the Guy in the Bush

By Max Anders Susan Landgraff Carl Barnes

Have you ever meandered through the streets of Isla Vista and felt the compelling need to check the bushes for the possible creepy guy with the knife waiting for the helpless target to walk by?

November 13, 2003

U.S. Teeters Into Totalitarianism

By Katherine Drabiak

Totalitarian history of Russia and Nazi Germany evokes passionate sentiment of brutality and government policy gone horribly awry in the minds of the American public, who since birth has been surrounded by traditional de...

November 13, 2003

Romance Column Forgets About the Facts

By Joey Tartakovsky

Whenever people are faced with forces they don't understand or feel powerless to resist, they construct explanations to make them comprehensible. Whenever people are faced with forces they don't understand or feel powerl...

November 13, 2003

A Damn Lot of Pennies for Your Thoughts on Feminism

By Lee Gientke

I'm a UCSB alumnus and have heard that the UCSB College Republicans have been trying to host a debate between Phyllis Schlafly and a professor of women's studies, but despite several polite invitations and offers, all th...

November 13, 2003

Short and Irrelevant Career in Personal Saviordom Fails

By Steven Johnson

Regarding Shawn Nielsen and Natalie Spritzer's column "Carl's Jr. TV Ads Put Sleaze Into the Special Sauce" (Daily Nexus, Nov 12), I appreciate the fact that a couple of lousy punk teenagers think they need to warn me ab...

November 12, 2003

Strategery Is an Important Part of Governizing

By Staff

Arnold hired a new press secretary, a woman named Thompson. Apparently she worked on Gee-Dub Bush's campaign as well. Strange hiring, I thought. Arnold seemed to have the avoiding questions routine mastered.

November 12, 2003

Dirty Talk, Happy Humping

By Kate Rice

People use a wide array of mechanisms to liven up their sexual experiences. From food in the bedroom, to sex toys, to dressing up in a big animal costume with a hole cut out for the genital areas, if you're truly seeking...

November 12, 2003

Sexy, Sinister Neo-Conservatives

By Drew Atkins

I'm writing a romance novel about the neo-conservative takeover of the White House. Bubbling underneath all the exchanged glances over tables of power, the handshakes and smiles, there is raw emotion raging like a volcan...

November 12, 2003

Carl’s Jr. TV Ads Put Sleaze Into the Special Sauce

By Shawn Nielsen Natalie Spritzer

When you see a beautiful woman straddling a vibrating mechanical bull, what's the first idea that pops into your head? Is it, (a) the woman is training for a rodeo, (b) something related to sex, or (c) a big, juicy fast ...

November 12, 2003

Dancing Around a Dilemma: Lifelong Dreams in the Face of a New Major

By Meghan Palma

Just over a month ago, I faced a decision that many of us as college students inevitably face at one point or another - the decision to change majors.

November 10, 2003

Gutenburg’s Curse

By Daily Nexus Editorial Board

Books may be emblematic of student life, but more recently they've also come to represent student poverty. Expensive textbooks, however, are a headache the University and its professors could prevent.

November 10, 2003

On the Road

By Staff

The weatherhuman is writing from the road, somewhere in the blackness between Vegas and Baker. It's going to be a long drive for the 'human and associates. Three days of blasting the mind with chemicals, natural and othe...

November 10, 2003

Blue Traffic Lights: Putin and Politics in an Uncertain Russia

By Joey Tartakovsky

Russian President Vladimir Putin, some in Moscow are fond of saying, is like Ricky Martin - you can't tell if he's gay or not. For Putin, the question revolves around his political orientation - whether at heart he's an ...

November 10, 2003

Awful Falafels Ruin Lunch, Embitter Student

By Molly Blank

I decide to give Baba's Falafels a chance. Eagerly, I order a side of hummus, baba ganoush, tabouli and pita bread. Five dollars and 50 cents later, I'm presented with a plate of baby food-esque slop.